THE HOODOO LIFTED

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 27 February 1935, Page 4

THE HOODOO LIFTED

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OLD BOYS. DEFEAT HAWERA '•+£****• fSjC *'•'?-* > fe-gj&jlS ,^* v ; SATURDAY’Sf CRICKET MATCHES A. iwWJU *»» • v ~ J «_ - -COMMENT- BY ." MID ON.” *»-• .<~4 Old Boys'can’bid'at least a temporary farewell to the hoodoo that Hawera held over them, for on Saturday last an eqsy jj£in;.,terminated the sue-' cession of at the hands of the older cluß.‘ 'Openly, the Hawera- side appeared reconciled to defeat because they Jield the idea that on matting tlicir usual victims would refuse, to be "bombed” and "submarined” as on the turf pitch. It looked as if the inferiority complex was there before tlic match commenced. Anyway, it developed into more than a complex, and Old Boys made up for the past.

Hawera batted first with Penny and Fraser, but these two did not remain t > long. • Thomas took up" the “ " attack from the south end and put such vim into his work that he made some pace. Sturrock trundled at the north end and wickets fell rapidly, only Meuli making a stand until Fleet played .a-,steady 26. Sturrock bowled tweß- and ..vjas" supported by keen field- •':<** -' : v. v - s • , ; V **•" '■ f??--were quietly determined to -win aiuij'-trormallyj dhe score set them 'wyoirid nOt r but there has "dSeeij so much of' the abnormal this season that the chickens were not : etotmted Jdo soon. Thrush opened with W. Barker-and these two played steadily.. Thrush had more runs on than .'■lid had for many a day, when Meuli sent “him back with a finely judged

catch., Duke was not at all happy* and Fenny got him l.b.w. Some runs were -'•-wanted when H. Barker went in, and • careful play was the order of the day. Sturrock took H. Barker’s place to s.CsQrer,vory quickly—-some relief really, matters had.been rather slow. The „ r ,b<i>Y?.Ufl r g was ’then treated without J ..^nf&cSh/‘Tespect• and both batsmen made Sturrock went. He played gOOd; innings and showed something old—qtiite old —form. Barker he got ovct the coveted &&£filu?y .:.And. fthen retired. Nothing i--3ependcd km the remaining batsmen £Si»&-just as well. Hawera tried every as a bowler, but the course of at- ■ -»trVtion could not be stemmed. Penny’s five - ' wickets -eost him 4S runs, while 3Pseet -got three - for -5. gagarv "• "v" *■■■■ 'Y.Xaponga.’s High Scoring. rah up the big score of 203 ' “ fo'r'fi wicke'ts and declared to get Pow- . '.Or-Board out for 126. The home team ''.did not start at ah well and had lost three-for when Dormer and Ross Eden became associated in a big partnefsbJy;;?; Dormer played carefully till cajjgDt by off Buist. Eden carrlear:m'„ancL had- ;hard luck in being .ffihibutrVhfeh: only six short of- the cen~»tury. Busing (17), Paseoe (18) and , : .feurge»o)r~ , '(ilV'' ; the' latter pair being ' undefeated, helped to swell the total dimension tha't was judged to be beyond Power Board’s capabilities. Londrum'-bowled reasonably .well to get two%f the Tvickets for 53 runs. The fielding was .not by any means clever, ir -* Rost Eden:'getting the benefit. Sargeson was an early victim, but Geary played-the bowling carefully, while Lendrum waited for the right - . ball and ..hit it hard to get two sixes and four fours out of his total of 30. Des Hughes carried on in good style till. Dormer trimmed him, leaving Geary still there. O'Dca was run out and Buist was caught to make room for Gaylcr./-. Geary kept going slowly,

while his partner netted 30 runs. Move ',%-tubs.' may have cOme if Geary ’ could stayed with* Crotty, who was last but one in the list, but Busing caught him off Pascpe for 25. This bowler’s were two overs, one maiden, six runs and three wickets. Poor Bowling. Usually Hawera High School bowl* ing'kis steady, but ou Saturday last there was a bad falling off. The result was that Old Collegians were able to win comfortably, though without Browne, a Wellington visitor, they . might have had a job to head off School's total of 53. Browne is a lefthand batsman of class, and he knocked up 70 runs in fast time. Apart from _ Ilia runs, Browne affected the morale of the bowlers who were upset by the fact that they were bowling to a batsman of class.

X .know that the two masters on the side, 'picked the/trouble and no doubt some of-the' bowlers were told to for* get'iwho. the/katsinan was. But along came short ones on the leg, which just suited the left-hander and at least one other, whose penchant always was to pull even good length ones. It was , noticeable th»t v - when Browne was caught out the “bowling improved as the rapid fall of wickets showed, even if one or two did appear to throw away their wickets.

The experience will not be lost on tlie boys. They must remember that some of the bed bowlers the world has cccn have /been. pasted all over the paddock all day by two batsmen. Good bowling is good bowling even if wickets do not fall, and it is better to be hit off good length balls than off short ones of poor direction. There is a promising left-arm bowler in Eden and, if names have aught to do with it, he should become a cricketer. The boys want to picture every batsman in future as a Browne and go for him all the tijne till they find that they W'cll to good batsmen and indifferent bafsmea and don’t have to

worry who is in. Mann’s straight, good length deliveries on a pitch that in places nip-